CURRENT ISSUE
November 2011
Features
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A Goddess Goes Home
Following years of haggling over its provenance, a celebrated statue once identified as Aphrodite, has returned to Italy
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Go With the Flow
A new exhibition of American wonders underscores the debt our country owes to its waterways
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Aftershocks
The toppling of Egypt's government has led to a renewal of violence against the nation's Christian minority
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Defending the Rhino
As demand for rhino horn soars, police and conservationists in South Africa pit technology against increasingly sophisticated poachers
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Shanghai Gets Supersized
Boasting 200 skyscrapers, China's financial capital has grown like no other city on earth – and shows few signs of stopping
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The Eyes Have It
Brought to Europe from the New World by Spanish explorers, the lowly potato gave rise to modern industrial agriculture
Departments
The Man Behind the Mask
The "dedicated amateur" photographer had a strange way of getting his subjects to reveal themselves
Plains Speaking
The college city's big sky and endless farmland gave this New Yorker some fresh perspective
Flare-Ups - November 1861
As Union generals came and left, personalities clashed and Southern farmers set fire to their fields
Simple Pleasures
Matchmakers
Smithsonian researchers join an international effort to bring the five-foot-tall bird back from the brink of extinction
Swan Song
The final voyage of a World War II biplane evokes the exploits of the legendary fighting force